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This is a list of launches made by the Proton rocket between 1970 and 1979. All launches were conducted from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

List of Proton launches
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Launches

Date/time (UTC)	Configuration	Serial number	Launch pad	Outcome
	Payload	Separation orbit	Operator	Function
	Remarks
1970 Main article: 1970 in spaceflight
6 February 1970 04:16	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	247-01	Site 81/23	Failure
	Luna E-8-5 #405	Highly elliptical (intended)		Lunar sample return
	First stage accidentally shut down T+128 seconds due to false alarm from pressure gauge.
18 August 1970 03:45	Proton-K 8K82K	246-01	Site 81/23	Successful
	82-EV	Suborbital		Test flight
	Investigation into high failure rate of Proton launches
12 September 1970 13:35	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	248-01	Site 81/23	Successful
12 September 1970 13:35	Luna 16 (Luna E-8-5 #406)	Highly elliptical		Lunar sample return
20 October 1970 19:55	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	250-01	Site 81/23	Successful
20 October 1970 19:55	Zond 8 (Soyuz 7K-L1 #14)	Highly elliptical		Spacecraft test
10 November 1970 14:44	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	251-01	Site 81/23	Successful
	Luna 17 (Luna E-8 #203)	Highly elliptical		Lunar lander
	Deployed Lunokhod 1 rover
2 December 1970 17:00	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	252-01	Site 81/23	Successful
	Kosmos 382 (Soyuz 7K-L1E #2K)	Medium Earth		Test flight
	Test of Block D upper stage^[1]
1971 Main article: 1971 in spaceflight
19 April 1971 01:40	Proton-K 8K82K	254-01	Site 81/24	Successful
	Salyut 1 (DOS-1)	Low Earth		Space station
	First space station
10 May 1971 16:58	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	253-01	Site 81/23	Failure
	Kosmos 419 (Mars-3MS #170)	Heliocentric (intended) Low Earth (achieved)		Mars orbiter
	Upper stage failed to ignite as timer was programmed in years instead of hours.
19 May 1971 16:22	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	255-01	Site 81/24	Successful
19 May 1971 16:22	Mars 2 (Mars-4M #171)	Heliocentric		Mars probe
28 May 1971 15:26	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	249-01	Site 81/23	Successful
28 May 1971 15:26	Mars 3 (Mars-4M #172)	Heliocentric		Mars probe
2 September 1971 13:40	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	256-01	Site 81/24	Successful
	Luna 18 (Luna E-8-5 #207)	Highly elliptical		Lunar sample return
	Payload later failed
28 September 1971 10:00	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	257-01	Site 81/24	Successful
28 September 1971 10:00	Luna 19 (Luna E-8LS #202)	Highly elliptical		Lunar orbiter
1972 Main article: 1972 in spaceflight
14 February 1972 03:27	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	258-01	Site 81/24	Successful
14 February 1972 03:27	Luna 20 (Luna E-8-5 #408)	Highly elliptical		Lunar sample return
29 July 1972 03:20	Proton-K 8K82K	260-01	Site 81/24	Failure
	DOS-2	Low Earth (intended)		Space station
	Second stage pitch control failure. Automatic shutdown commanded T+180 seconds.
1973 Main article: 1973 in spaceflight
8 January 1973 06:55	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	259-01	Site 81/23	Successful
	Luna 21 (Luna E-8 #204)	Highly elliptical		Lunar lander
	Deployed Lunokhod 2 rover
3 April 1973 09:00	Proton-K 8K82K	283-01	Site 81/23	Successful
	Salyut 2 (Almaz OPS-1)	Low Earth		Space station
	Payload later failed
11 May 1973 00:20	Proton-K 8K82K	284-01	Site 81/23	Successful
	Kosmos 557 (DOS-3)	Low Earth		Space station
	Payload later failed
21 July 1973 19:20	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	261-01	Site 81/23	Successful
	Mars 4 (Mars-3MS #52S)	Heliocentric		Mars orbiter
	Payload later failed
25 July 1973 18:55	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	262-01	Site 81/24	Successful
	Mars 5 (Mars-3MS #53S)	Heliocentric		Mars orbiter
	Payload later failed
5 August 1973 17:45	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	281-01	Site 81/23	Successful
5 August 1973 17:45	Mars 6 (Mars-3MP #50P)	Heliocentric		Mars probe
9 August 1973 17:00	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	281-02	Site 81/24	Successful
9 August 1973 17:00	Mars 7 (Mars-3MP #51P)	Heliocentric		Mars probe
1974 Main article: 1974 in spaceflight
26 March 1974 13:35	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	282-01	Site 81/23	Successful
	Kosmos 637 (Raduga GVM)	Geosynchronous		Test flight
	First Proton launch with Block DM upper stage, first Soviet launch to geosynchronous orbit, boilerplate payload
29 May 1974 08:56	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	282-02	Site 81/24	Successful
29 May 1974 08:56	Luna 22 (Luna E-8LS #206)	Highly elliptical		Lunar orbiter
24 June 1974 22:38	Proton-K 8K82K	283-01	Site 81/23	Successful
24 June 1974 22:38	Salyut 3 (Almaz OPS-2)	Low Earth		Space station
29 July 1974 12:00	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	287-01	Site 81/24	Successful
29 July 1974 12:00	Molniya-1S	Geosynchronous		Communications
28 October 1974 14:30	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	285-02	Site 81/24	Successful
	Luna 23 (Luna E-8-5M #410)	Highly elliptical		Lunar sample return
	Spacecraft later failed
26 December 1974 04:15	Proton-K 8K82K	284-01	Site 81/24	Successful
26 December 1974 04:15	Salyut 4 (DOS-4)	Low Earth		Space station
1975 Main article: 1975 in spaceflight
8 June 1975 02:38	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	286-01	Site 81/24	Successful
8 June 1975 02:38	Venera 9 (Venera 4V-1 #660)	Heliocentric		Venus probe
14 June 1975 03:00	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	285-02	Site 81/24	Successful
14 June 1975 03:00	Venera 10 (Venera 4V-1 #661)	Heliocentric		Venus probe
8 October 1975 00:30	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	286-02	Site 81/23	Successful
	Kosmos 775 (Prognoz)	Geosynchronous		Missile defence
	Spacecraft later failed
16 October 1975, 04:04	Proton-K/D 8K82K/11S824	287-02	Site 81/23	Failure
	Luna E-8-5M #412	Highly elliptical (intended)		Lunar sample return
	Final flight of Proton-K with Block D upper stage, upper stage malfunctioned
22 December 1975 13:00	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	288-01	Site 81/24	Successful
22 December 1975 13:00	Gran' #11L (Raduga)	Geosynchronous		Communications
1976 Main article: 1976 in spaceflight
22 June 1976 18:04	Proton-K 8K82K	290-02	Site 81/23	Successful
22 June 1976 18:04	Salyut 5 (Almaz OPS-3)	Low Earth		Space station
9 August 1976 15:04	Proton-K/D-1 8K82K/11S824M	288-02	Site 81/23	Successful
	Luna 24 (Luna E-8-5M #413)	Highly elliptical		Lunar sample return
	First flight of Proton-K with Block D-1 upper stage
11 September 1976 18:24	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	289-01	Site 81/24	Successful
11 September 1976 18:24	Gran' #12L (Raduga)	Geosynchronous		Communications
26 October 1976 14:50	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	290-01	Site 81/24	Successful
26 October 1976 14:50	Ekran #11L	Geosynchronous		Communications
15 December 1976 01:30	Proton-K 8K82K	289-02	Site 81/24	Successful
	Kosmos 881 (TKS VA #009A/1)	Low Earth		Spacecraft test
	Kosmos 882 (TKS VA #009/1)	Low Earth		Spacecraft test
1977 Main article: 1977 in spaceflight
17 July 1977 09:00	Proton-K 8K82K	293-02	Site 81/24	Successful
17 July 1977 09:00	Kosmos 929 (TKS #16101)	Low Earth		Spacecraft test
23 July 1977 21:15	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	291-01	Site 200/40	Successful
	Gran' #13L	Geosynchronous		Communications
	First launch from Site 200
4 August 1977 22:00	Proton-K 8K82K	293-01	Site 81/24	Failure
	TKS VA #009A/P	Low Earth (intended)		Spacecraft test
	TKS VA #009/P	Low Earth (intended)		Spacecraft test
	First stage thrust vectoring failure. Automatic shutdown commanded T+53 seconds. Upper spacecraft ejected by launch escape system
20 September 1977 17:28	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	291-02	Site 200/40	Successful
20 September 1977 17:28	Ekran #12L	Geosynchronous		Communications
29 September 1977 06:50	Proton-K 8K82K	295-01	Site 81/24	Successful
	Salyut 6 (DOS-5)	Low Earth		Space station
	Last launch of State Trials
1978 Main article: 1978 in spaceflight
30 March 1978 00:00	Proton-K 8K82K	292-01	Site 81/24	Successful
	Kosmos 997 (TKS VA #009A/P2)	Low Earth		Spacecraft test
	Kosmos 998 (TKS VA #009P/2)	Low Earth		Spacecraft test
27 May 1978 01:25	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	294-02	Site 200/40	Failure
	Ekran #13L	Geosynchronous		Communications
	First stage thrust vectoring malfunction starting at T+87 seconds. Automatic cutoff T+119 seconds.
18 July 1978 21:59	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	292-02	Site 200/40	Successful
18 July 1978 21:59	Gran' #14L (Raduga)	Geosynchronous		Communications
17 August 1978 20:02	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	297-02	Site 200/40	Failure
	Ekran #15L	Geosynchronous		Communications
	Second stage control failure caused by hot gas leak. Automatic shutdown commanded T+252 seconds.
9 September 1978 03:25	Proton-K/D-1 8K82K/11S824M	296-01	Site 81/23	Successful
9 September 1978 03:25	Venera 11 (Venera 4V-1 #360)	Heliocentric		Venus probe
14 September 1978 02:25	Proton-K/D-1 8K82K/11S824M	296-02	Site 81/24	Successful
14 September 1978 02:25	Venera 12 (Venera 4V-1 #361)	Heliocentric		Venus probe
17 October 1978 16:04	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	298-01	Site 200/40	Failure
	Ekran #14L	Geosynchronous		Communications
	Second stage engine failure T+236 seconds due to ingestion of debris into the turbopumps
19 December 1978, 12:15	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	295-02	Site 200/40	Partial failure
	Gorizont #11L	Geosynchronous (planned) Medium Earth (achieved)		Communications
	Upper stage malfunctioned, leaving satellite in wrong orbit. Spacecraft was able to correct its orbit, at the expense of onboard fuel.
1979 Main article: 1979 in spaceflight
21 February 1979 07:49	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	294-01	Site 200/40	Successful
21 February 1979 07:49	Ekran #16L	Geosynchronous		Communications
25 April 1979 03:44	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	298-02	Site 200/40	Successful
25 April 1979 03:44	Gran' #15L (Raduga)	Geosynchronous		Communications
22 May 1979 23:00	Proton-K 8K82K	200-02	Site 81/24	Successful
	Kosmos 1100 (TKS VA #0102A)	Low Earth		Spacecraft test
	Kosmos 1101 (TKS VA #0102)	Low Earth		Spacecraft test
	Planned to be a crewed launch, converted to an uncrewed test due to failures on previous missions. Rocket reused after an abort after ignition on 20 April, during attempted launch of two other TKS spacecraft.^[2]
5 July 1979 23:19	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	299-01	Site 200/40	Successful
5 July 1979 23:19	Gorizont #12L	Geosynchronous		Communications
3 October 1979 17:12	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	302-02	Site 200/40	Successful
3 October 1979 17:12	Ekran #17L	Geosynchronous		Communications
28 December 1979 11:51	Proton-K/DM 8K82K/11S86	303-01	Site 200/40	Successful
28 December 1979 11:51	Gorizont #13L	Geosynchronous		Communications

References

McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
Wade, Mark. "Proton". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2010.

^ Wade, Mark. "Soyuz 7K-L1E". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
^ Wade, Mark. "Cosmos 1100". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on April 15, 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2010.

[EA-L1E-1] Wade, Mark. "Soyuz 7K-L1E". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.

[2] Wade, Mark. "Cosmos 1100". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on April 15, 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2010.

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List of Proton launches (1970–1979)

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